The league will also install new telephone lines from dugouts to video replay room, in an attempt to cut down on sign stealing. The lines will reportedly be monitored by MLB and all conversations on the lines will be recorded.

Thome played most of his career with the Cleveland Indians and “fully” supports the team’s decision to remove the divisive Wahoo logo from its uniforms. The slugger feels the “C” logo is “the right thing to do.”

Top agent and a few players go public with pitch to stay away from spring training to protest ridiculously quiet free-agent market. They have good reasons to be angry, but a shutdown is never the answer, Richard Griffin writes.

Pitching great Pedro Martinez, Jays fan favourite Lloyd Moseby and noted historian Bill Humber form the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s class of 2018, announced Thursday. For Pedro, playing with the Expos was more than his first real shot at the big leagues. It was a life-changing experience, Richard Griffin writes.